I haven't got any plats this month, I doubt I'll even have any, since I'm currently playing Persona 4 Golden a lot, and it takes tons of time to plat it.. and I just don't have that much time for gaming anymore, since I got a job in a kindergarten x)

That last mission on Professional was a bitch. Getting past those four guys between the starting point and the tool shed drove me nuts.

On to Contracts...

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I remember correctly I just sprinted for the shack, and by extension, the M60.

Once my silent assassin ratings were out of the way, I saw very little point in taking the stealthy approach.

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I kept getting shot just sprinting for it. I usually had about half health or less left and then trying to figure out a pattern for clearing the place out didn't go well. By the time I finally figured out a reliable pattern for clearing the building, I probably could have done just fine with half health.

I went 50/50 on the stealth/blowing the crap out of everyone. I went for stealth on my normal difficulty playthough, just to get a strategy down, just in case going in guns blazing on Pro didn't go so well.

Fuck! I Platinumed Ghost of Sparta yesterday, but I forgot to sync my trophies. Fuck! I'll do it when I get home later, and then I'll brag about it. But it was pretty easy, as God of War Platinums go. The challenges were a breeze and the only thing I got caught up on was a couple of fights including those wraiths at the end of the game. Whoever designed them, and whoever decided that you should have a couple of frames at the end of a grab animation where you are vulnerable to their (unblockable, even if you're not in the middle of a finisher) grab which takes about 25% of your health - they can fuck right off. I hate them SOO much. There was a fight with wraiths and ravens, I swear I replayed it 30 times. I looked it up, and it turned out that the best tactic against the wraiths was to jump into the air and spam throwing the spear (wait... was that racist?). I managed to get out of a tight quarters fight with wraiths and cyclops completely unscathed that way, and that's supposed to be one of the toughest fights in the game. Anyway, playing it this much took a bit of the sheen off it. I still love the story (Kratos doesn't like it when his family dies, so he kills Death), but the balance is actually almost as bad as in Ascension. The final bossfight is still one of the best in the series, though. Will post the image and update later today.

Fuck! I Platinumed Ghost of Sparta yesterday, but I forgot to sync my trophies. Fuck! I'll do it when I get home later, and then I'll brag about it. But it was pretty easy, as God of War Platinums go. The challenges were a breeze and the only thing I got caught up on was a couple of fights including those wraiths at the end of the game. Whoever designed them, and whoever decided that you should have a couple of frames at the end of a grab animation where you are vulnerable to their (unblockable, even if you're not in the middle of a finisher) grab which takes about 25% of your health - they can fuck right off. I hate them SOO much. There was a fight with wraiths and ravens, I swear I replayed it 30 times. I looked it up, and it turned out that the best tactic against the wraiths was to jump into the air and spam throwing the spear (wait... was that racist?). I managed to get out of a tight quarters fight with wraiths and cyclops completely unscathed that way, and that's supposed to be one of the toughest fights in the game. Anyway, playing it this much took a bit of the sheen off it. I still love the story (Kratos doesn't like it when his family dies, so he kills Death), but the balance is actually almost as bad as in Ascension. The final bossfight is still one of the best in the series, though. Will post the image and update later today.

For a while there I was going completely insane. Screaming at the TV (it didn't care), hitting the sofa cushions (it honestly didn't seem to bother them much), getting up an taking a walk around the living room to calm myself. Also, curses happened. But you learn all the little ins and outs of the combat system that way. Like being vulnerable at the end of a finisher, before I can throw up a block or roll away from it, that drove me nuts. It's like the guy* said: "It's enough to give me the arsehole. And I can't have the arsehole, can I, boys?"

For a while there I was going completely insane. Screaming at the TV (it didn't care), hitting the sofa cushions (it honestly didn't seem to bother them much), getting up an taking a walk around the living room to calm myself. Also, curses happened. But you learn all the little ins and outs of the combat system that way. Like being vulnerable at the end of a finisher, before I can throw up a block or roll away from it, that drove me nuts. It's like the guy* said: "It's enough to give me the arsehole. And I can't have the arsehole, can I, boys?"

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The above pretty much describes my feelings during the Save The Translator section of GoW2... on Titan Mode. He kept saying,"I do not want to die" and I kept screaming at the TV, "Then get off your ****ing a$$ and fight you crying piece of ***t !" Again........ good times.

For a while there I was going completely insane. Screaming at the TV (it didn't care), hitting the sofa cushions (it honestly didn't seem to bother them much), getting up an taking a walk around the living room to calm myself. Also, curses happened. But you learn all the little ins and outs of the combat system that way. Like being vulnerable at the end of a finisher, before I can throw up a block or roll away from it, that drove me nuts. It's like the guy* said: "It's enough to give me the arsehole. And I can't have the arsehole, can I, boys?"

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The above pretty much describes my feelings during the Save The Translator section of GoW2... on Titan Mode. He kept saying,"I do not want to die" and I kept screaming at the TV, "Then get off your ****ing a$$ and fight you crying piece of ***t !" Again........ good times.

We both share something in common in this vast gaming community.

6 GoW Plats.

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This made my day. The one fight that really pissed me off was the Hades Cerberus Breeder in God of War 3 on titan mode. I was playing at work so I couldn't scream. I would close my eyes, lift my head up and do some silent cursing. You both have inspired me to go for the Origins platinums now. On my way to Gamestop.

For a while there I was going completely insane. Screaming at the TV (it didn't care), hitting the sofa cushions (it honestly didn't seem to bother them much), getting up an taking a walk around the living room to calm myself. Also, curses happened. But you learn all the little ins and outs of the combat system that way. Like being vulnerable at the end of a finisher, before I can throw up a block or roll away from it, that drove me nuts. It's like the guy* said: "It's enough to give me the arsehole. And I can't have the arsehole, can I, boys?"

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The above pretty much describes my feelings during the Save The Translator section of GoW2... on Titan Mode. He kept saying,"I do not want to die" and I kept screaming at the TV, "Then get off your ****ing a$$ and fight you crying piece of ***t !" Again........ good times.

We both share something in common in this vast gaming community.

6 GoW Plats.

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This made my day. The one fight that really pissed me off was the Hades Cerberus Breeder in God of War 3 on titan mode. I was playing at work so I couldn't scream. I would close my eyes, lift my head up and do some silent cursing. You both have inspired me to go for the Origins platinums now. On my way to Gamestop.

Just tell me how in the world did you get that original gamer trophy in AC3? I know its not impossible but damn I just need that again for plat and I can't seem to get it for shit

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Well.. once upon a time I cheated. You can go online and download those mini games and replicate the computer. Here's the link:http://merrelles.com/English.html It took me a while too because it didn't always work but just play against the computer on your pc/lap top and then copy the moves into the game.